Many people take grapefruit juice every morning at around the same time they take their cholesterol or high blood pressure medicine. Grapefruit juice has been said to contain many substances that can prevent cancer and prevent hardening of the arteries (artherosclerosis) amongst other things.
Unfortunately, grapefruit juice also contains substances that block certain enzymes in the [...]
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Grapefruit, cholesterol and high blood pressure
04.02.2008 - Ada
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Removing your ovaries may be bad for your heart
05.01.2009 - Ada
Thousands of hysterectomies are carried out every year. Most of them are done in middle-aged women. Conventional wisdom has always dictated that the ovaries be removed at the same time to remove the risk of ovarian cancer. That is until now.
Recent findings about ovaries and hysterectomies
Research has shown that women who have their ovaries [...]
Tagged: General, breast cancer, heart disease, hysterectomy, ovarian cancer - Have your say »
Exercise can help prevent severe strokes
10.26.2008 - Ada
Apart from keeping you fit and helping to control excessive weight gain, exercise also reduces your chances of getting a severe stroke. Your level of activity before the stroke is strongly related to how severe the stroke is and how long it takes you to recover.
If you were physically active before the stroke, recovery [...]
Tagged: Stroke, exercise, Stroke - Have your say »
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